US EditionFive Railway Workers Physically Assaulted Every Day
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They advise customers, control tickets or ensure order in railway stations – nevertheless they are regarded as representatives of an unloved system. Employees of Deutsche Bahn often experience aggression.
In fact, they only want to advise customers, control tickets or clean up at the station. However, official statistics show that those who work on the train often experience aggression.
The number of attacks on employees of railway and federal police has increased in 2025, as figures from the Ministry of the Interior show. Particularly common: threats and bodily injury.
BERLIN. In the first ten months of 2025, on average, five employees in the service were physically attacked every day at Deutsche Bahn. In addition, statistically, there were four more cases of threat per day. This is evident from the Federal Ministry of the Interior's response to a request from Left-wing politician Dietmar Bartsch. Therefore, the Federal Police [...]
Over 12,000 railway and police employees were victims of crime in 2025 (Symbolic image - AI-generated) Upday Stock Images. An average of five physical attacks and four threats per day were committed against Deutsche Bahn employees, and an average of 30 employees per day were victims of crime at the Federal Police during the first ten months of 2025. This information comes from data provided by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in response to …
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